Ninjago, Season 3: Rebooted

Kai:
[voiceover] The ultimate battle. The battle that would end all battles. It feels like ages ago. After the Golden Ninja defeated the Overlord, much of Ninjago City was in ruin. It was a time to reflect on our past, and build for our future. Ninjago City soon became New Ninjago City. And it became the center of great technological advancements. But without an enemy to fight, the age of the ninja came to an end.

Jay:
All right! Who took my pudding cup? My name was clearly written on it.

Cole:
[eating Jay's pudding cup] I didn't see "Motor Mouth" on it. [throws the cup in the trash]

Jay:
I'm telling the headmaster.

Wu:
Leave me out of it. I'm on break, too.

Kai:
Relax, Jay, you can have mine. [gives Jay his pudding cup]

Jay:
But this isn't cold. [Zane flips a switch in his arm and freezes the pudding cup] Oh, give me. [eats the pudding] Mm.

Nya:
Hey, did you guys hear the news?

Kai:
There's trouble?

Jay:
Danger?

Zane:
An emergency?

Cole:
Oh, a new menace?

Nya:
No, we got clearance for a field trip.

[The ninja groan]

Nya:
Not just any field trip. A field trip to tour Borg Industries.

Jay:
[gasps] Not the Borg Industries. As in home to super genius reclusive savant Cyrus Borg? Inventor of the hover car and everything else cool in this world? [Zane kicks him] Ow!

Brad:
Why can't we take Ultra Dragon? Or the Ultra Sonic Raider?

Cole:
Because they don't have one of these. [on a microphone] Pretty cool, huh? I'm on a microphone. I am the M.C, the Mighty Cole!

Brad:
Mr. Cole is the worst.

Cole:
I heard that!

P.I.X.A.L.:
Welcome to Borg Industries. I'm P.I.X.A.L., Cyrus' Primary Interactive X-ternal Assistant Life-form. I'm sorry to hear about the traffic accident.

Cole:
Wow, news travels fast.

P.I.X.A.L.:
Everything in New Ninjago City is fully automated and interconnected. [turns to Zane] Your antiquated bus should be ready shortly. You are Zane, a droid like me. What does Zane stand for?

Zane:
I stand for peace, freedom, and courage in the face of all who threaten Ninjago.

Jay:
She means your name, tin head.

Zane:
I guess I'm just Zane.

Security Man #1:
Ah, I'm bored.

Security Man #2:
Really? Well, me too, actually.

[The elevator crashes and explodes behind them]

[A security mech tries to tip over the school bus]

Cole:
I'm on it. Ninja, go! [uses Spinjitzu to jump over the bus and pulls out the power chords on the mech] No one calls me pedestrian!

Brad:
I always said Mr. Cole was my favorite.

[The students cheer]

[At nightfall at Garmadon's monastery, Nya and the ninja sit down with their students for training. They gasp when they see Garmadon's shadow has four arms. This turns out to be someone else, who opens the door for him]

Garmadon:
Ah, my son. So glad you could join us.

Lloyd:
Heh, it's been a while, Father.

Jay:
[whispering to Cole] Check out the new Sensei looking sharp.

Garmadon:
Silence! [hits Jay on the head with his staff]

Jay:
OW!

Garmadon:
Close your mouth and open your ears. Tonight's lesson is the Art of the Silent Fist, to fight without fighting. May I have a volunteer?

Lloyd:
How about me?

Nya:
The Ultimate Battle, Round Two!

Garmadon:
Attack me, but please, no powers. I happen to like my monastery.

[The kids laugh. Lloyd charges at Garmadon, but he dodges, making him run into a table]

Garmadon:
You see, the key is balance. Let your opponent fight himself. [dodges more of Lloyd's attacks] Let the enemy tire himself.

Lloyd:
Argh! [Garmadon yawns then dodges his attack] Huh? [slams into a support column]

Garmadon:
Pupils, I give you the most powerful ninja in all the land, the Golden Ninja.

Garmadon:
Why must everything have so many weapons?

Lloyd:
Says the man who had four arms to possess the Golden Weapons.

Garmadon:
Haha, I deserved that.

P.I.X.A.L.:
The ninja have been discovered. Operation jeopardized. Calculating probability of success to affecting outcome by— Oh, who cares about probability?

[At Ed & Edna's Scrap 'N' Junk, Kai and Cole are digging through junk.]

Cole:
We've been digging for so long, I think I forgot what we're looking for.

Kai:
A jiggly compact compress converter. Or was it a compress compact jiggly converter? Whatever it is, if it can get us back to New Ninjago City any sooner, it's worth finding.

[Suddenly, a huge pile on junk falls on Kai and Cole, causing them to scream.]

Jay:
We shut off the power thinking we could just waltz in, but no, we didn't stop to think we were a bajillion miles away. [notices something] Hey! A compact converted jiggly compressor!

Ed:
Ah! Great find, kiddo. Now all we need to adapt that hover-copter's power supply to solar power is an upside down rotter derottermabob and a whiz bang automated amplifier!

[Kai and Cole sigh.]

Kai:
I'm starting to think they're just making this stuff up.

Cole:
Ah, it's so quiet in here. What did I miss, another signature Jay Walker gut buster?

Jay:
[turns to Cole; angrily] Oh, you backstabbing, no good…! YAAAH!!! [tackles him to the ground, causing them to start fighting]

Cole:
What's wrong with you?!

Kai:
[sighs] I hope Lloyd is faring better than us.

Jay:
Oh, you know why you're the black ninja?! 'Cause it's the color of your heart!

Cole:
Oh, yeah?! Well, what's the point of being a blue ninja?! Unless you're trying to hide out for some goofy clown college!

Jay:
Oh, you take that back! There are reputable performers that attend clown college!

Nya:
[annoyed as Cole and Jay blow their bad breaths into each other's faces] This macho stuff is making you both look like fools. Maybe you belong together!

Jay:
I blame you for this!

Cole:
What did I do? You were the one who wanted to stay in a scrapheap full of Nindroids!

Kai:
Enough, you two!

[As Techno Wu fights off Kai…]

Cole:
Sensei Wu!

Jay:
What happened to him?!

Kai:
He's turned evil! Help me!

Cole:
But he's our Sensei!

Kai:
Not anymore.

Cole:
More like Tech Wu.

Jay:
Oh! Bad Sensei, bad! [he and Cole both start charging towards Techno Wu and he hits Cole in the face with his staff; laughs] I hate to say it, but you deserved that a little. [Techno Wu then uses his staff to punch him in the gut] Ooh!

Cole:
[laughs] Right back at ya!

[The ninja return to the city]

Kai:
What happened?

Cole:
No power, that's what happened.

Zane:
Are we too late?

[They step on a tripwire, alerting the civilians]

Man:
Outsiders must answer to the Postman!

Postman:
Return… to… sender! [the civilians cheer]

Cyrus:
Ah, you finally made it. Don't mind the savages. Since power went out, everyone here has grown a bit bored. Their imagination knows no bounds. [sees P.I.X.A.L.] P.I.X.A.L., amazing! You're... powered.

Postman:
You need to stay in character, Borg. This is no fun if we're not all committed.

Cyrus:
Oh, I'll have you committed if you don't all leave us at once. Now shoo!

[The civilians leave]

Cole:
Watch your step, Nya. We don't know the last time this ladder was used.

Nya:
That's thoughtful of you, Cole.

Jay:
Hey! How about you watch where you're watching, Cole? Huh?

Cole:
Oh, is that a threat, Jay? 'Cause coming from you, it sounds like some of your best material.

Jay:
Hahaha! There's a reason nobody liked you.

Cyrus:
If we digitize the ninja and Techno Blades using my experimental technology, you could fight him on his own turf inside the Digiverse.

Jay:
What do you mean inside the Digiverse?

Cole:
Ugh, weren't you listening? He's going to put us into the video game.

Jay:
[excited] I know! Heh, I just wanted to hear it again!

Zane:
Once we're inside, what do we do?

Cyrus:
Put simply, reboot the system. All source code travels through the heart of the mainframe. Follow it and you'll find a glowing activation port. The Techno Blades are the keys to activate the reboot and erase all corruption from the system.

Kai:
Uh, can you put it more simply?

Cole:
Look for a big bright light, airhead, then put your weapon in it.

Kai:
Okay, got it. I can do that. [realizes what Cole just called him] Hey! I am not an airhead!

Cyrus:
Remember, I wrote the code, but he controls it. His turf, his rules. I'll do my best to keep you hidden from here, but the longer you go unnoticed, the better chance you have to succeed.

Cole:
[gets punched by Jay] Ow! What was that for?!

Jay:
Just testing the rules. First rule: Cole's a crybaby!

Overlord:
Just because your friend thinks she can change the rules doesn’t mean I can’t play the same game! THIS IS MY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Kai:
[notices that Zane is now wearing gold] What? Zane, you're gold.

Zane:
Exactly. Even in the darkness, we have the choice to reflect the light.

Postman:
I think I may have made a discovery. "Carrot Cup Juster."

Wu:
What's a "juster"?

Postman:
I don't know. Yet.

Wu:
Keep looking, I don't think that's it.

P.I.X.A.L.:
[on the Prototype X-1 roadster's speakers with Kai] There's a Nindroid convoy heading west and General Cryptor is on it.

Kai:
Cryptor.

P.I.X.A.L.:
We need you to follow, but not be spotted.

Kai:
I'm a ninja. That's part of the job. [puts on some sunglasses]

P.I.X.A.L.:
We mean it, Kai. It's imperative your carelessness does not jeopardize the mi—

Kai:
[puts P.I.X.A.L. on mute] Relax. When have I ever been careless?

Nya:
Since Lloyd gave away his power, the Overlord's going after the only thing that can turn him into the Golden Master: the Golden Weapons.

P.I.X.A.L.:
I'm reading Zane's signal aboard that rocket ship, along with four other lifeforms.

Wu:
Oh, by the grace of the First Spinjitzu Master.

Garmadon:
You wanted them to take risks. To see how far they'd go. Is this what you had in mind? How far? How far must they go?

Wu:
[looks up at the rocket launching into space; hopefully] Come back safe to us, ninja. Come back safe.

[The ninja are inside Arcturus in space]

Jay:
[floating around in the ship] Is this the greatest thing ever or what?

Kai:
Where are you? We're trapped in space and you... where did you go?

Jay:
Guys, we're in space. I thought this is stuff only Fritz Donnegan gets to enjoy.

Lloyd:
Fritz is from a comic book, dude. This is real!

Jay:
Well, you got me hooked on the character. Would you lighten up and not step on your dreams of being a real Starfarer just yet?

Lloyd:
We have to find a way to take control of the ship. If they get the Golden Weapons back to the Overlord, Ninjago doesn't stand much of a chance. [Kai accidentally bumps into him] Whoa!

Kai:
But there's no access to the rest of the ship. The only way out is through the same airlock we came in.

Zane:
And if my memory banks serve correct, space has a way of taking one's breath away, in the negative sense.

Jay:
I can't wait to see the expressions on the faces of those metal chrome domes when they find out we've stowed away onboard.

Cole:
They're Nindroids, nimrod, they don't have expressions.

Jay:
Oh, yeah? Well, Zane has expressions.

Kai:
Zane's not like them. Do we really have to go over this right now?

Jay:
It's just so quiet, I'm only trying to fill the space. Get it? Space.

Jay:
[saves Cole from floating off into space] Gotcha! Next time, don't get carried away.

Cole:
Ah, thanks. I owe you one.

Jay:
Okay. Stay away from Nya.

Cole:
Maybe a different one.

[After landing on the comet, the ninja ride on a rover and follow the trail to a cave]

Kai:
This must be where the Golden Weapons landed.

Cole:
No one happens to have a build-your-own-rocket-kit handy, do they?

Lloyd:
[gets an idea] Whoa, that's it!

Jay:
You have a build-your-own-rocket-kit?

Lloyd:
No, but we can make one. Arcturus may not fly, but she'll give us all the metal we need. And Zane knows this solar system better than anyone.

Zane:
And Kai's Fire could weld the missing parts.

Kai:
Cole's manpower could do all the heavy lifting.

Cole:
Jay has enough electricity and nerd knowledge to make a halfway believable spacecraft.

Jay:
Haha. [realizes what Cole just said] Hey! Hey, this could actually work.

[Cryptor throws Nya to a wall]

Cryptor:
What is that perfume I smell? Fear?

Nya:
Actually, it's called Damsel in Distress. But I don't think it suits me.

Cryptor:
You think you can mock me?

Nya:
Of course. Doesn't everyone? I mean, even Min-Droid knows you're short of a hard drive.

Cryptor:
Min-Droid? That little piece of scrap isn't even fit to tighten my bolts. I've met toasters more intelligent than him.

[Min-Droid overhears Cyptor, walks over to him, and taps him on the shoulder. Cryptor turns around to see him, and Min-Droid punches him, allowing Nya to escape]

Lloyd:
He's not letting go!

Jay:
His heart! It's reaching critical mass!

Cole:
If his heart overloads, he'll blow! He'll never survive!

Kai:
Let go of him, Zane! What is he doing?!

Wu:
He's protecting us!

Zane:
I am a Nindroid, and ninja never quit. Go, ninja. GO! [blasts his ice powers on the Overlord]

Overlord:
What are you doing?! LET ME GO, YOU FOOL!

Jay:
No, Zane! NO!

Wu:
We have to get out of here, now!

[The ninja, their allies, and the citizens attend Zane's memorial]

Cyrus:
…But then I saw technology invent new problems. Devastating problems. And then a Nindroid named Zane saved us all. He was the perfect balance between us and technology. He taught us that life should be a balance. Technology can improve our lives, but so can people. And if we focus on one at the expense of the other, that's when the balance is off. Our city will find its way again, but this time with Zane as our compass. With that, I give to you… [reveals a statue of Zane] …the Titanium Ninja.

[The falcon flies in and lands on the statue's shoulder]

Nya:
So, what happens after this?

Cole:
I don't know.

Jay:
And I don't care. Today's about Zane.

Cyrus:
And now Kai would like to speak for those who knew him best.

Kai:
Everyone wondered what powered Zane. I don't know if we'll ever know, but I'd like to think it was brotherhood. Because he powered me. And he'll still power me as his memory lives on. Ninja never quit, and ninja will never be forgotten. Wherever you are, Zane, you'll always be one of us.